Covington & Burling LLP - Who's Who Legal 70

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Covington & Burling LLP in Who's Who Legal

	Life Sciences
	16

	Competition
	8

	Insolvency & Restructuring
	1

	Business Crime Defence
	2

	Patents
	3

	Private funds
	1

	Patents
	3

	Management Labour & Employment
	1

	Corporate Tax
	3

	Environment
	1

	Banking
	1

	Trade & Customs
	2

	Insurance & Reinsurance
	6

	Arbitration
	4

	Internet & e-Commerce
	1

	Franchise
	1

	Product Liability Defence
	1

	Regulatory Communications
	4

Since then, the firm has grown to be a full service law firm with more than 800 lawyers in eight offices around the globe. Lawyers from the firm appear 53 times in 17 of the following chapters.

For the seventh consecutive year, Theodore Garrett earns the title of lawyer of the year for his “superb” and “exceptional” environment practice. He co-chairs the environmental group and his clients include General Motors, Procter & Gamble, American Chemistry Council and Kerr-McGee in matters involving litigation, compliance and regulatory issues.

With 14 Covington lawyers making an appearance in the life sciences section, this is the firm’s most highly regarded practice. The “brilliant” Richard Kingham is assigned to the London and Washington, DC, offices and concentrates on food, drug and EU law with a particular focus on product liability and product safety. In Washington Peter Safir co-chairs the firm’s food and drug group and is held in “high esteem” by clients. Peter Barton Hutt is a previous chief counsel for the Food and Drug Administration and is senior counsel at the firm. Peter Bogaert is one of three Brussels-based lawyers in this chapter and manages the office there. In the London office, James Beery is senior counsel to the firm and is regarded by clients as “tremendous” to work with.

The firm’s competition practice is a “force to be reckoned with” and has eight individuals listed. In Belgium, the “highly knowledgeable” David Hull is head of the EU competition practice and also appears in the life sciences chapter. Deborah Garza co-chairs the firm’s antitrust and consumer law practice group from the DC office where she is joined by Theodore Voorhees and fellow practice co-chair Thomas Barnett. Ex-Howrey partner Alan Wiseman joins the team and is regarded as “a brilliant litigator”.

The insurance and reinsurance chapter features six Covington lawyers. The “truly brilliant” Mitchell Dolin is chair of the global insurance recovery practice and is joined by the “first-rate” William F Greaney, John Buchanan and Marialuisa Gallozzi in the DC office. In San Francisco, David Goodwin and Donald Brown are also well regarded for their work in this field.

Four lawyers are included in the arbitration chapter. Stephen Bond is senior of counsel in the firm’s London office and European chair of the arbitration group. The DC office has two highly rated individuals featured, with Oscar Garibaldi specialised in investor-state dispute resolution.

Covington & Burling’s ability to provide clients with international expertise across a broad range of practice areas is demonstrated by its further listings in the tax, patents and trade and customs chapters.